Seal press



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SEAL PRESS.

N0. 366,193. Patented July 5, 1887.

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' lSEAL PRESS. 10.366,193. hunted July 5, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT UEETCE.

CHARLES'C. ABBE, OF NEY YORK, N. Y.

SEAL-I-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,193, dated July 5,1887. Application filed September 26,18%5. Serial No. 178,242. (Nomodel.)

To (LZZ whom, itV n11i/city concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. ABBE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have inventedcertainlmprovements in Presses, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the construction of that class of portablehand-presses which have rolling dies, and which are more especiallyadapted for -impressing the soft-metal seals commonly used for securingfreight and other cars and boxes.

The main objects of my invention are to so construct the press that theseal and its wire can be more readily inserted between the dies; thatthe press can be used in close contact with the car, box, or otherarticle; that it will be powerful and yet occupy l a comparatively smallspace; that the strain on the rolling dies will be counteracted by thegearing and be taken up by the bearings, and that accidental breakage ofthe tool by careless handling will be prevented.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view showing the partsin the open position ready for the insertion of the material to bepressed. Fig. 2 is a similar side view, showing the parts in the closedposition after the material has been passed through. Fig. 3 shows indetached side view and section o ne of the dies, drawn to a largerscale. Fig. 4 shows the other die in corresponding views. Figs. 5 andGare detached views of the two handles and thev parts to which they areattached. Fig. 7 is a side view of the gear which carries one of thedies.4 Fig. S is a perspective view of the press in Athe closedposition; and Fig. 9 shows in perspective view the several parts of thepress drawn to an enlarged scale, the handle portions being omitted forwant of space.

H and H are the two rolling dies, the curved acting faces of which maybe suitably engraved and provided at their extremities with serrationsor teeth b and t. The die H is carried by a stem, D, forming part of thesegmental gear C, which is provided with the handle A', preferably madein one with the gear. The die H is carried by a stem, F, forming part ofa segmental gear, E. rEhe dies are secured tol the outer ends of thestems by means of pins d d', or other suitable means, and the portionsof the stems F and D between the dies and their gears are adapted tobearings in an arm or frame, B, Fig. 9, which is provided with asuitable handle, A, corresponding with the handleA of the gear C, Figs.l, 2, and 8. The bearings a a are at such a distance apart that theteeth of the segmental gearwheels G and E mesh into each other, and theacting faces of the dies are closely adjacent to each other, as shown inthe drawings, so that when the handle A is raised or moved away from thehandle A, as shown in Fig. l, the die H', carried by the gear C, will bemoved on its axis, and a corresponding motion imparted to the die'Hthroughthe gears G E. In order, however, to prevent the breakage oftheteeth of the gears by careless sudden opening ofthe levers, I placestops caud e' at the ends of the rows of teeth on the two segments.These stops project some distance beyond the pitchline ot' the gears.When the dies have been opened, as described, the wires carrying theseal to be pressed can be readily inserted sidewise between the dies,and then by bringing together the handles A A the dies will be turned ontheir axes and will grip the soft metal of the seal and impress it by arolling action.

In vpresses of this character as heretofore constructed the gears anddies have been arranged side by side, (iu fact, each die and its gearwere made in one piece,) so that the strain ou the dies tended toseparate the gears as well as the dies, and a bar or strap had to beemployed in front of the dies to unite the journals or axes ofthelatter. Consequently, the metal of the seal and its wires had to beinserted endwise between the opened dies before the seal could hepressed.

By mounting4 the dies on one side of the frame and their gears on theother, and by leaving the dies open for the free insertion of the sealat the side, I not only facilitate the manipulation of the tool andsimplify its operation, but also strengthen the construction, since thestrain on the dies is counteracted by the gears on theother side of theframe or arm B, and is taken up by the bearings between the dies andgears. As the die II is manipu lated indirectly while the die H is moveddirectly by the lever A', I prefer to make the gear E and die H of asomewhat longer radius IOO than the radius ofthe gear C and die H', soas to get a good leverage on the gear E and die H. I also prefer toprovide one of the dies with a flange, b', at its outer edge, to enter acorresponding recess, z', in the other die, Figs. 3, 4, 8, and 9, toconlne the metal during the pressing operation.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the rolling dies of aseal-press and operating-gears with asnpporting arm or frame between thedies on one side and the gears on the other, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. `A seal-press having rolling dies open at the side for the sdewiseinsertion of the seal and wires, substantially as described.

